This paper shows that the institutional
environment and the ability to export on time are sources of
comparative advantage as important as factors of production.
In...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5482Date: November 1, 2010
Quality in higher education is difficult
to measure. Incentives to improve (or not) are often
different for public and private institutions, and
approaches to quality...
Type: BriefReport#: 62251Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Hovde, Kate ;
Bin Mahfooz,Sara ;
Weber,Luc
Output-Based Aid (OBA) ties the
disbursement of public funding to the achievement of clearly
specified results that directly support improved access to
basic services....
Type: BriefReport#: 57815Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Tremolet, Sophie ;
Evans, Barbara
Several governments around the world
have recently established delivery units at the center of
government to drive performance improvements. This
development may be...
'Empowering' rural India
through the strategic provision of all-season road access
has emerged as one of the key priorities for the Government
of India (GoI). The Eleventh...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 58027Date: November 1, 2010
This report discusses the first phase of
a study to assess the baseline economic cost of current road
traffic congestion in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area
(GCMA),...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 71845Date: November 1, 2010
This Global Environment Facility (GEF)
the greenline newsletter has a focus on climate change. It
includes some of the following headings: implementing the
Poznan strategic...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60588Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Cocca, Patrizia
Over the past two decades, China has
embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network
expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program
aims both to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5479Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Roberts, Mark ;
Deichmann, Uwe ;
Fingleton, Bernard ;
Shi, Tuo
Cities and the people who live in them
account for more than 80 percent of the world's total
greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more than 80 percent
of the overall...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 57859Date: November 1, 2010
The paucity of qualified health workers
in rural areas is a critical challenge for India's
health sector. Although state governments have instituted
several mechanisms,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58019Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Rao, Krishna D. ;
Ramani, Sudha ;
Murthy, Seema ;
Hazarika, Indrajit ;
Khandpur, Neha ;
Chokshi, Maulik ;
Khanna, Saujanya ;
Vujicic, Marko ;
Berman, Peter ;
Ryan, Mandy
Guatemala is the largest economy in
Central America. Since the signing of the peace accords in
1996 that ended the 36-year civil war, Guatemala has made
significant...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 54242Date: November 1, 2010
Health experts and policymakers want
people to have access to affordable and high-quality medical
care. But in some developing countries, making quality
healthcare available...
This document summarizes the environment
impact assessment of the Harbin-Jiamusi (HaJia hereafter)
Railway Project in China, highlighting the main issues and
conclusions...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 59093Date: November 1, 2010
Despite the growing importance of
commitments to foreign investors in services in regional
trade agreements, there are no applied general equilibrium
models in the literature...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5481Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Jensen, Jesper ;
Tarr, David G.
Inadequate rural infrastructure creates
constraints to economic growth in these areas by limiting
productive growth and impeding the development of human
capital. Recognition...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 65106Date: November 1, 2010
There is major geographic variation in
nurse staffing levels in Liberia with the largest shortages
in rural areas. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used
to test...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58020Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Vujicic, Marko ;
Alfano, Marco ;
Ryan, Mandy ;
Wesseh, C. Sanford ;
Brown-Annan, Julie
In Liberia, the maldistribution of
health workers is particularly pronounced as 14 years of
civil war exacerbated the concentration of experienced
health workers in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58021Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Attah, Ramlatu ;
Lievens, Tomas ;
Vujicic, Marko ;
Brown-Annan, Julie
The objectives of this Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA) for the Central African
Republic, are to provide an analytical basis for the
development of policy recommendations,...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 70050Date: November 1, 2010
Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5
meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood
prone countries in the world. Severe flooding during a
monsoon causes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5469Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Dasgupta, Susmita ;
Huq, Mainul ;
Khan, Zahirul Huq ;
Masud, Md. Sohel ;
Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid ;
Mukherjee, Nandan ;
Pandey, Kiran
As tariffs and other formal barriers to
trade have fallen across developing and industrialized
regions, transport and logistics costs have become, in many
cases, the...
Report#: 88017Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin ;
Schwartz,Jordan Z. ;
Stokenberga,Aiga
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